Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being close.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being close.
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- noun The state of being
physically close - noun The state of being
friends - noun The state of being
mean orstingy - noun The state of being
secretive - noun mathematics The shortest
path between twovertices in agraph - noun archaic
Solitude ,seclusion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme stinginess
- noun the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- noun the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- noun a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- noun close or warm friendship
Etymologies
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Examples
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"This level of closeness is bringing new meaning to the world of design."
Dorothy Spears: TechnoCRAFT at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Dorothy Spears 2010
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Funny though, it seems in that stripped down relationship, the closeness is genuine in an altered way.
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That “pillow fort” closeness is something we all aspire to.
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But that closeness is likely to convince foreign audiences only of her loyalty to him and not of the wisdom of his policies.
April 2005 2005
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I’ve always felt as if they quiet things down, and add a certain closeness to the world that bright sunny days do not.
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The closeness is a bond and a reminder to Murray about where he must improve.
The friendship and rivalry of Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic 2011
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Moreover, following Cicero, Petrarch remarked on the closeness of “virtue” to the Latin word for man, vir, and thought that one probably derived from the other (Fam.,
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JERROLD E. SEIGEL 1968
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Our closeness is the saviour of my head and of my heart, in - hibiting the causes of myocardial infarction.
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It is very apparent of their closeness, which is wonderful.
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At first, coming from Houston, I assumed the closeness was a security measure designed to prevent me from shoplifting and I was basically insulted.
Mexican Manners 2005
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